Meet the Original Pencil Heads

Andrea Maywhort and Eric Saiet are currently working on a feature film for Walt Disney Studios and wrote multiple episodes of the hit animated children’s series Super Why! on PBS.

Andrea Scully
Andrea has written numerous short stories and scripts for television and film. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College and was a contributor at the renowned 2004 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. She is the recipient of several awards, including the 2006 Gabehart Prize for Imaginative Writing, and she is presently working on her first novel. Her television experience includes work on Sesame Street and the teen drama Felicity. Since 2003, Andrea has led creative writing workshops for kids at risk with the New York Writers Coalition, a non-profit organization that helps bring writing to communities in need. She has also spent the last two years helping hundreds of teachers implement a new, inquiry-based pilot curriculum in New York City’s public middle schools. Andrea is a friend to all animals (except angry bears) and can make a mean macaroni and cheese.

Eric Saiet
Eric has been writing and acting professionally for over 20 years. He has written several short stories and is currently working on a novel. He was also a beat writer for Rotowire.com, reporting on the New York Knicks. As an actor, Eric has guest-starred in more than 40 television shows, including Scrubs, Damages, Law and Order, and The Good Wife. He has worked with a number of non-profit youth organizations, including Book Pals through the Screen Actors Guild and the Young Storytellers Program, which mentors at risk children in the creation of their first screenplay. He also has extensive experience teaching improvisation, acting, and public speaking skills to children and adults. Raised by two dedicated schoolteachers in Evanston, Illinois, Eric is a proud graduate of Northwestern University. He currently resides in New York City, where, when prodded, he can imitate a cat coughing up a hairball.

Jonathan Greene

Jonathan considers every day to be at least a "three hat day." That's why he makes his living as a playwright, novelist, teacher, director, choreographer, thinker, and performer. Jonathan has lived in several cities around the world. He studied Commedia Dell'arte under Maestro and Mask Maker Antonio Fava in Reggio Emilia Italy; raised turkeys and drove a field tractor in the Judean Desert of Israel; taught English as a second language in Prague and Buenos Aires; and slept in a tent at the bottom of the world. His plays have been produced in New York, Washington D.C., Boston, and Martha's Vineyard. Jonathan received his BFA in Theater Studies from Boston University's School of Fine Arts. As a screen and TV writer, he is currently under contract with two New York-based production companies, crafting a new international western and sitcom series, respectively. And he recently worked as a Puppeteer with Two Kazoos throughout the first season of The Electric Company! He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and loves the outdoors (even when indoors) and is often heard thanking the Truffula Trees (if you please) for his constant inspiration.